I am excited about finding this group! I know I will not be able to read 10 books in each category, I'm having enough trouble completing my 50 book challenge for 2009 as it is, so I'm challenging myself two read no less than 2 books in each genre. My categories are very straight forward:

Fantasy
Science Fiction
Mystery
Autobiography/Biography
Sociology/Culural Studies
Historical Novels
Graphic Novels
Classic Literature
Ghost Stories
Young Adult

I already have a few books in mind. I will enter them in 10 different posts below. These posts will evolve over the next year.

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Fantasy

1. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
2. Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
3. Soulless by Gail Carriger
4. A Star Shall Fall by Marie Brennan
5. Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez
6. Shades of Gray: A Novel by Jasper Fforde

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Science Fiction

1. Way Station by Clifford Simak
2. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

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Mystery

1. In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
2. Alone: A Valentino Mystery by Loren Estleman

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Autobiography/Biography

1. Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O' toole and Oliver Reed by Robert Sellers
2.

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Sociology/Cultural Studies

1. American Nerd: The Story of My People by Benjamin Nugent
2. The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and The History of Comic Book Heroines by Mike Madrid
3. Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation by Mitch Horowitz

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Historical Novels

1. The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott (Read 12/14/09)
2. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

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Graphic Novels

1. Fables Deluxe Edition Vol. I by Bill Willingham
2. Discworld Graphic Novels by Terry Pratchett
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Vol. 6: Retreat

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Classic Literature

1. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
2.

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Ghost Stories

1. Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novel by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker Leanna Renee Hieber

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Young Adult/All Ages

1. The Gates by John Connolly
2. Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

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Nice categories. The sociology/cultural one looks particularly interesting.

I was just thinking that - looking forward to seeing what you make of them!

Thank you mathgirl40 and elliepotten for your messages. The Cultural Studies books are on my wishlist of my birthday and Christmas.

Great categories, I look forward to seeing you fill them, especially the YA and the fantasy ones.

Whoops, forgot to mention my personal favorite category - Mystery!

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Thank you DeltaQueen50. I'm having fun coming up with books to fit the categories.

I am officially beginning my catagory challenge with my October ER book The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott.

The story is told by Daniel Connor a young medical student from Edinburgh traveling to Paris to work for Dr. Cuvier, a famous naturalist. It is 1815 and Napoleon, after losing at Waterloo, is on his way to St. Helena. Connor brings with him letters of introduction and coral specimens. While on the coach entering the city he meets a woman carrying a small child. The woman is fascinating and beautiful. He falls a sleep and awakes to find the specimens are gone. When he reaches the city he searches for the woman and becomes entangled in the coral thief's world of crime and philosophy.

The book is well written and the historical elements are well researched. The character of Lucienne the philosopher thief and the setting of post Napoleonic era Paris are well developed. I enjoyed reading about the scientific community in Paris and would have liked the author to have focused more on the natural science and theories of evolution being studied and discussed at that time. The most interesting part of the story is when Dr. Cuvier is giving a tour of the museum at the Jardin des Plantes.